MULTAN: The Customs staff deputed at Multan International Airport has thwarted an attempt of smuggling of cell phones and others of worth approximately Rs.3 million during their action.
Sources told Customs Today that Customs authorities received credible information from their source that huge quantity of foreign origin branded cell phones will be smuggled through various flights coming from Gulf countries at Multan International Airport. On the basis of the information Assistant Collector Omer Zafar Chatha constituted a team to thwart any attempts.”
Assistant Collector Omer Zafar Chatha directed customs staff to remain vigilant at the time of examination of goods to foil any attempt of smuggling and after the instructions of assistant collector inspection of coming goods were enhanced to avoid any sort of smuggling from Multan International Airport.
Customs teams recovered 26 branded I-phones, six various Ipads and one precious wrist watch from luggage of American citizen who was coming from Dubai to Multan International Airport. Branded I-phones, Ipads and wrist watch were concealed in their cloths and Customs team took cell phones, Ipads and wrist watch in their custody for non-payment of their duty taxes. A passenger was identified as Muhammad Nabeel who was resident of vehari. Said passenger has American Passport along with Pakistani passport.
The passenger was coming on private flight from Dubai and accuse tried to clear non-customs paid goods from Multan International Airport but customs team’s detained said goods in their custody. Further investigations against recovered goods were still under way.
